Thomas Duffell is the Asia Editor for PEI Media. Based in PEI’s Hong Kong office, he is responsible for the cohort of Hong Kong-based reporters and Research & Analytics personnel as the company’s senior editorial representative in the region. He was previously Features Editor for PEI’s private equity real estate title PERE, where he was responsible for the publication's long-form journalism and analysis.
The listed private equity trade group's latest guidelines now accommodate fund of funds and provide better clarification of what is required to claim compliance.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Swiss have forged a path for local GPs to meet AIFM rules that other non-EU countries may soon follow.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The SEC has charged Chicago-based investment advisor Joseph Hennessy with raising money for a struggling private equity fund to pay off existing clients.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Vincenzo Morelli, newly-crowned chairman of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, believes the industry's current image is 'inaccurate and very unfair'.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
In difficult economic times private equity has consistently generated solid returns for investors and outperformed the public markets, according to research from EVCA and Thomson Reuters.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
2011 was a sellers’ market with significant variations in merger and acquisition deal structures across international markets, research from law and tax advisors CMS Corporate revealed.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Emerging markets firm Actis has bolstered its West African operations with the appointment of Kingdom Zephyr partner Mark Ransford as a director.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
CalPERS' chief investment officer, Joe Dear, has been elected to chair an SEC committee that will advise regulators on fee structures, disclosure policies and other topics important to investors.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Last year the volume of European private equity exits rose to its highest level since the peak years of 2007 and 2006, according to a report by Ernst and Young.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
